Vintage 1890s Absinthe Superieure Bardot & Cie Match Striker Paperweights An easy care

An easy care

oil on cavas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

Straining spoon sold separately

The color of the deep blue water off the coast of Monterey

sambac jasmine absolute and benzoin resin

Vintage 1890s Absinthe Superieure Bardot & Cie Match Striker Paperweights An easy careA vivid remnant of late nineteenth century caf life, this 1890s match striker for Absinthe Suprieure Bardot & Cie carries both utility and presence. Its robins egg blue and white ground is enlivened with red lettering and finished with a fine gilt trim, a palette designed to catch the eye across a crowded bistro table. Created as a promotional object during the height of Absinthe culture, it would have been placed within easy reach, used throughout